Poem
Andreas Embiricos
WHALE LIGHT
The initial form woman took was the braided throats of two dinosaurs.Later, time changed and woman changed too.
She became smaller, more lithe, more in keeping with the two-masted (in some countries three-masted)
ships that float on the misfortune of making a living.
She herself floats on the scales of a cylinder-bearing dove of immense weight.
Epochs change and the woman of our epoch resembles the gap in a filament.
© Translation: 2004, Karen van Dyck
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: Cosmos Publishing, New York, 2004
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: Cosmos Publishing, New York, 2004
WHALE LIGHT
© 1935, Leonidas A. Embiricos
From: Ypsikaminos
Publisher: Agra, Athens
From: Ypsikaminos
Publisher: Agra, Athens
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WHALE LIGHT
The initial form woman took was the braided throats of two dinosaurs.Later, time changed and woman changed too.
She became smaller, more lithe, more in keeping with the two-masted (in some countries three-masted)
ships that float on the misfortune of making a living.
She herself floats on the scales of a cylinder-bearing dove of immense weight.
Epochs change and the woman of our epoch resembles the gap in a filament.
© 2004, Karen van Dyck
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
WHALE LIGHT
The initial form woman took was the braided throats of two dinosaurs.Later, time changed and woman changed too.
She became smaller, more lithe, more in keeping with the two-masted (in some countries three-masted)
ships that float on the misfortune of making a living.
She herself floats on the scales of a cylinder-bearing dove of immense weight.
Epochs change and the woman of our epoch resembles the gap in a filament.
© 2004, Karen van Dyck
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
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